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Connecting to UVM Wireless with Windows

Manual Configuration

Wireless settings for Windows may be manually configured using these instructions. These instructions were written using Windows Vista as a reference platform, but configuration steps for Windows 7 and later should be very similar.

Go to the Windows menu, select "Control Panel":

Select the "Network and Internet" category:

Select the "Network and Sharing Center" category:

Select "Manage wireless networks" from the left-hand menu:

Click "Add" from the available taskbar:
The "Connect to a wireless network wizard" will begin:

Under "Select Authentication Method:", "Secured
password (EAP-MSCHAP v2)" should be selected. Click the
"Configure" button.Note: If you do not see the
"AddTrust External CA" and/or "USERTrust RSA Certification Authority" displayed in the list of available certificates, you will first need to download
and install the certificates which are available from the Utilities page of this documentation.

The "EAP MSCHAPv2
Properties" dialog will appear.

On workstations which are
not joined to the CAMPUS Active
Directory domain, De-select the
"Automatically use my Windows logon name and
password (and domain if any)" check box:

On workstations which
are joined to the CAMPUS domain, keep this
dialog box selected.

Click "OK" to clear the "EAP MSCHAPv2
Properties" dialog.

Click "OK" to clear the "Protected EAP Properties"
dialog.

Click "OK" to clear the "UVM Wireless Network properties"
dialog box.

You will be returned to the "Manually connect to a wireless
network" wizard, which you can now exit.

At this point, a message should appear in your system tray that
states "Additional information is required to connect to UVM.". Click
this alert bubble:

A "Enter Credentials" dialog should appear. Provide the following
information, then click "OK":